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Religious education given Ofsted boost
07 Jun 2019
Campaigners for better RE say the new school inspection framework will put more pressure on schools to prioritise the subject. It is understood that two-day-long inspections will now put greater emphasis on the broad curriculum while…
Therapeutic church gardening
07 Jun 2019
Lambeth Palace has hosted a conference exploring links between mental health and gardening and has called for churches to use their green space to offer ‘therapeutic gardening’. Green Health Live 2, brought together chaplains, public health…
One in five girls and young women aged 16 to 24 have cut, burned or poisoned themselves, according to research that mental health experts said was ‘very worrying’. The findings, published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal,…
President Trump ‘actions betrayed the Gospel’
07 Jun 2019
Mr Trump sparked controversy minutes before he landed at Stansted Airport on his state visit by calling the London Mayor a ‘stone cold loser’ on Twitter. It followed Sadiq Khan's comments that the UK should not…
Germany: Two prayer requests
07 Jun 2019
With the tremendous growth in what is now medically possible, organ donation raises many questions from a Christian-ethical point of view. Our society urgently needs to ask God for guidance and leadership in these increasingly far-reaching…
Ukraine: New President’s Brussels trip
07 Jun 2019
Ukraine has deep-seated corruption, economic challenges, and conflict with Russia-backed militants in Donetsk and Luhansk resulting in 13,000 deaths since 2014 when Russia seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy is a…